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City leaders look to curb drastic rise in murders

There have been four times as many murders in 2015 as there were the same time last year

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Updated: 10:49 PM CDT Mar 20, 2015

City leaders look to curb drastic rise in murders

There have been four times as many murders in 2015 as there were the same time last year

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Updated: 10:49 PM CDT Mar 20, 2015

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WEBVTT CONCOURSE B HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN, BUT THE REST OF THE AIRPORT REMAINS OPEN TONIGHT COULD WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE BREAKING STORY THROUGHOUT THE NEWSCAST. TONI: IT IS A SHOCKING -- CALLING ATTENTION TO THE GROWING NUMBER OF HOMICIDES IN MILWAUKEE AND HOW TO CREATE CHANGE IN THE COMMUNITY. MULTIPLE GROUPS GATHERED TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THE ISSUES THAT THEY SAY ARE HURTING THE CITY. SO FAR THIS YEAR, 29 HOMICIDES. COMPARE THAT TO LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, THERE WERE SEVEN, 12 NEWS BEN HUTCHISON IS DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE, AND LOCAL LEADERS ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO STEP UP AND TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. BEN: EARLIER TODAY WE WERE ON MILWAUKEE'S NORTH SIDE. IT WAS A RAW, A MOTIONAL PLEA. COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMING EACH OTHER OUT, CALLING FOR AN END TO VIOLENCE. WE WILL NOT DIE YOUNG. BEN: MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SHARE THEIR STORY. I KNOW YOU ARE TIRED OF SEEING THE TEDDY BEARS. I AM TIRED. BEN: HE IS TALKING ABOUT MAKESHIFT MEMORIALS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE A GARDEN HOMES BARTERED TO THIS GROUP GATHERED NEAR 26TH AND ATKINSON, THEY DON'T WANT TALK, THEY WANT TO SEE ACTION. THIS ALDERMAN SAYS IT STARTS WITH PEOPLE INVESTING, GETTING INVOLVED. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS BUILD SOME TYPE OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR MAKING SURE THAT SOME OF THE EASY, LOOKING FOR FRUIT THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF VERY EASILY, WE CAN DO THAT. BEN: GETTING KIDS INVOLVED, PITY CAP THE TRASH -- PICKING UP THE TRASH THAT LITTERS THE STREET TO MAKE A BETTER ENVIRONMENT. THEY REMEMBER A TIME WHEN IT WASN'T LIKE THIS. THERE WERE GARDENS, FLOWERS. BEN: NEIGHBORS LIKE MARTHA FREEMAN, WHO HAVE LIVED ON THE NORTH SIDE, SHE HAS SEEN THE DETERIORATION. I THINK IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. IF WE TAKE PRIDE IN OUR NO NEW LIMITS, STOP LOOTING THE HOUSES AND BUILT A HOUSE IS, STOP BREAKING THINGS, STOP -- START GETTING THINGS. I LOVE MY BROTHER. BEN: THREE JOHNSON AND THAT HE WAS PART OF THE PRONK, USING, DEALING DRUGS. NOW HE EDUCATES YOUTH ON MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION. SOMETHING HE HOPES WILL IMPROVE LIVES IN MILWAUKEE. ALDERMAN HAMILTON SAYS FUNDING IS REQUIRED. WE INTRODUCE

City leaders look to curb drastic rise in murders

There have been four times as many murders in 2015 as there were the same time last year